Capacity building

2011 will go into the annals of Uganda’s history as the year when the oil bubble burst. The last quarter of the year was characterised by much talk on oil that persistent media reports quoted the President advising Ugandans not to be so excited about the recent oil discoveries.

All this after the oil debate reached boiling point and climaxed with a special session in Parliament to discuss developments in the oil industry. At some point, the President was even quoted as having said that sometimes he has to be reminded that we even have oil in Uganda, saying he forgets.

Uganda’s new oil and gas industry has brought with it new phrases, one of which is ‘national content sometimes called local content’. I had never heard usage of the term until recently when, like other Ugandans, I picked interest in knowing what is going on in our oil and gas sector.

On November 8 2011, PWYP-Indonesia members PATTIRO and LPAW Blora conducted a training event for local stakeholders in Bllora district, central Java, on oil and gas revenue sharing (DBH=dana bagi hasil) calculations and projections.

The Zimbabwe Chapter of the Publish What You Pay (PWYP) campaign was launched in Harare on the 26th of August 2011 at an event organized by the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) with support from the Southern Africa Resources Watch (SARW) and the Publish What You Pay Africa Secretariat. The event was attended by more than 50 participants drawn from civil society organisations, community groups, parliament, government and mining companies.

Communiqué issued at the end of a civil society mission to Ghana on the extractive sector

Accra – Ghana

Sunday July 17 – Friday July 22, 2011

Introduction

A five-member Civil Society delegation undertook an Advocacy and experience-sharing visit to Ghana from July 17 to July 22, 2011, during which they met with a variety of stakeholders actively involved in promoting Extractive Transparency in Ghana.

Undertaken under the auspices of the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) with support from Oxfam Novib, the delegation met with senior government officials,

Le 16 juillet 2011 les organisation de la société civile tchadienne impliqués dans le suivi des industries extractives se sont réunis en rencontre inter réseau. Voici la déclaration issue de la réunion, vous pouvez aussi la lire en PDF

h3.

Niamey, 14 June 2011: There is no doubt a sound legal framework in the management of natural resources revenue is fundamental to avoiding the resource curse.

Lisez en PDF le 23eme Bulletin issu de PCQVP Niger/ROTAB.

Les articles comprennent:

- Caravanes de formations;

- Planification des activités de ROTAB pour les prochaines années;

- Dans les entrailles de l’enfer d’Azelik;

- L‘église et la coalition PCQVP unissent leurs forces.

Et bien d’autres…